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THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>EXODUS</span>
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CHAPTER 2
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Moses is born to Levite parents; raised by Pharaoh’s daughter; in defense of an Israelite he slays an Egyptian; flees to Midian; and marries Zipporah—Israel in bondage cries to the Lord.
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And</span> there went a man of the house of <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 6: 20; Num. 26: 59.">Levi</a>, and took <i>to</i> <i>wife</i> a daughter of Levi.
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And the woman conceived, and bare a <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Heb. 11: 23.">son</a>: and when she saw him that he <i>was a</i> goodly <i>child,</i> she hid him <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/2/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Acts 7: 20.">three</a> months.
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And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid <i>it</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/3a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB among the reeds.">in</a> the flags by the river’s brink.
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And his <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 15: 20 (20-21); Num. 26: 59.">sister</a> stood afar off, <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/2/4b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE to know, or learn.">to</a> wit what would be done to him.
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&#182; And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash <i>herself</i> at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
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And when she had opened <i>it,</i> she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept.  And she had compassion on him, and said, This <i>is</i> <i>one</i> of the Hebrews’ children.
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Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
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And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go.  And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
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And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give <i>thee</i> thy wages.  And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
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And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 7: 21; Heb. 11: 24.">son</a>.  And she called his name <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/2/10b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE in Egyptian ‘To beget a child’ and in Hebrew ‘To draw out’.">Moses</a>: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
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&#182; And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 7: 23 (22-36); Heb. 11: 25 (24-27).">brethren</a>, and looked on their <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/2/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 1: 11 (7-11); Ex. 5: 4 (4-5); 1 Ne. 17: 25.">burdens</a>: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
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And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that <i>there</i> <i>was</i> no man, he <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 7: 24 (23-25).">slew</a> the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
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And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 7: 26 (26-28).">smitest</a> thou thy fellow?
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And he said, Who made thee a <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 13 (13-15); Ex. 4: 1; Num. 16: 13; Acts 7: 25 (25-35).">prince</a> and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian?  And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
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Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 4: 19.">slay</a> Moses.  But Moses <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/2/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Acts 7: 29.">fled</a> from <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/2/15c" mark="c" type="D" title="OR the presence of.">the</a> face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
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Now the priest of <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 25: 2, 4 (1-6); Ex. 18: 1 (1-11).">Midian</a> had seven daughters: and they came and drew <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/2/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 24: 13."><i>water</i></a>, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
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And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
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And when they came to <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 1; Ex. 4: 18; Num. 10: 29; D&C 84: 6.">Reuel</a> their father, he said, How <i>is</i> <i>it</i> <i>that</i> ye are come so soon to day?
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And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew <i>water</i> enough for us, and watered the flock.
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And he said unto his daughters, And where <i>is</i> he?  why <i>is</i> it <i>that</i> ye have left the man?  call him, that he may eat bread.
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And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 18: 2.">Zipporah</a> his daughter.
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And she bare <i>him</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 7: 29.">son</a>, and he called his name <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/2/22b" mark="b" type="E" title="IE A sojourner there; Ex. 18: 3 (2-3); 1 Chr. 23: 15.">Gershom</a>: for he said, I have been a <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/2/22c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Strangers.">stranger</a> in a strange land.
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&#182; And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 4: 19.">died</a>: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/2/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 26: 7; 1 Sam. 12: 8 (1-8); Mosiah 29: 20; Alma 43: 49 (49-50).">cried</a>, and their <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/2/23c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 9.">cry</a> came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
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And God <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 6: 5; Mosiah 9: 18 (17-18); D&C 35: 3; Abr. 1: 15 (15-16).">heard</a> their groaning, and God remembered his <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/2/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 15: 14 (13-14); Gen. 46: 4 (2-4); Ps. 105: 8 (5-8).">covenant</a> with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
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And God looked upon the children of Israel, <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/2/25a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB and God knew; i.e. he was cognizant of them.">and</a> God had respect unto <i>them.</i>
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